slang. Also finn, finny. [Said to be a Yiddish pronunc. of Ger. fünf five.] A five-pound note.
1846. R. L. Snowden, Magistrate’s Assistant, 346. I took them to a swag Chovey Bloak, and got six Finnips and a Cooter for the Yacks.
1865. Mayhew, Lond. Labour, III. 396. The notes were all finnies (5l. notes), and a good imitation.
1879. J. W. Horsley, Autobiography of a Thief, in Macm. Mag., XL. 505. Yes, there it was, fifty quid in double finns (10l. notes).
